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This is a 1/2 scale Winchester Model 1866 saddle ring Carbine by the reknown Tom P. Weston of Mexico City, Mexico.  Probably made in the 1950's or 1960's.  100% fully functional and chambered to shoot the .22 short rim fire cartridge.  20 3/4" long overall with a 10" .22 caliber rifled barrel.  Brass frame, sideplates, cartridge lifter, crescent buttplate, and buttplate trapdoor.  The balance of the metal parts are machined blued steel.  The buttstock and forearm are nice straight grained Americxan walnut.  Checkered hammer spur.  Complete with the original Weston deluxe case with very heavy beveled glass.  The interior French fit in red goat skin kid leather.  Includes a nice engraved brass plaque and 12 .22 short action proving dummy cartridges.  There is even a neat functional three piece cleaning rod in the trap in the buttstock.  The serial number, 44, is stamped into the bottom of the frame just behind the trigger.  The Weston markings are light, and are stamped into the lower tang just behind the lever latch.  Wonderful condition other than the case interior leather needs some minor work.  There are a few scattered minor handling marks.  I'd call it 96%.

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This is absolutely one of the finest miniature firearms I have ever had the joy to handle!  An exquisit antique miquelet flintlock pistol probably made between 1680 and 1720.  Unmarked, maker unknown, but undoubtably made in Spain.  4 5/16" long overall with a 2 1/2" smoothbore barrel of about .22 caliber.  The stock is gold plated brass.  The steel lockplate and barrel are highly polished and finished in a bright fire blue.  The balance of the steel parts are finished in the white.  Exceptional workmanship with beautiful executed engraving on the hammer, pan, frizzen, triggerguard, hammer spring, frizzen spring, and nosecap.  This exact piece pictured in Louis Winant's book "Firearms Curiosa" on page 44, plate 37, and written about on page 42 when it was a part of the famous Dr. W. R. Funderburg collection.  This book was first published in 1955.  Winant's description is as follows: "At the top of the uncased pistols is a very fine all-metal piece with a beautifully executed miquelet lock.  The copper hue of the frame, the bright steel of the lock, the intense blue of the barrel, combine to make this outstanding.  The piece is 4 1/4" overall".   I also have an old black & white photo from the 1976 NRA Annual Convention that shows this exact piece when it was in the Robert Ables Collection and another black & white photo of this piece at the 1967 NRA Annual Convention when it was in the Sam Weill collection.  I am also told it was at one time in the Harry Knode collection.  The person I bought it from bought it from Dr. Paul Kopsch several years ago, so this piece has been in some of the finest miniature collections ever to exist!  Complete with a slide lock walnut casing, French fit with a olive green felt lining.

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This beautiful true 50% or 1/2 scale Colt single action army revolver by Tom P. Weston of Mexico City now resides in my personal collection.  It is engraved by Colt master engraver Alvin A. White, and features elephant ivory grips.  It is chambered for and will shoot the .22 short rimfire cartridge.
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This is a spectacular 1/4 scale miniature Russian snow Maxim medium machine gun made by Miniart in Russia in 1994.  This thing is just unbelievable!!!  Measures 15 1/4" long overall with a 7 3/8" barrel and 2 15/16" diameter wood spoke wheels.  The finish is white paint, blue steel, and bright in the white steel.  100% fully functional and it will feed, chamber, extract, & eject the included solid steel dummy cartridges.  The top of each grip handle unscrews to reveal a cleaning brush.  The rear sight has the graduated distance markings.  The top cover marked with a 5 point Russian star, 1994, and 0006 which is the serial number.  There were a total of 14 of these Maxims made of which 7 were the white show Maxims.  The others were olive drab green.  The snow Maxims have a large lid on top of the water jacket secured with a bail type latch.  This was so that snow or ice could be put into the cooling jacket when temperatures were below freezing.  Almost mint perfect condition with just a couple of tiny handling mark chips in the white paint.  The blue steel absolutely mint.  Complete with a green canvas ammo belt with brass tabs and rivets, and eight dummy cartridges.  One of the finest miniature firearms to ever come out of Russia.

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This 1/4 scale CETME rifle won NRA silver medal # 72 at the National rifle Association Annual Meetings on May 16, 2010!!! 

This is one of the neatest miniatures I have ever seen!  It is a fully functional 1/4 scale CETME rifle made at the Spanish government arsenal in Spain.  The CETME rifle was developed by the Spanish arsenal to be their front line battle rifle.  It was in .308 caliber.  H & K later developed the select fire HK G3 and the semi-automatic HK-91 from this rifle.  100% fully functional, it comes complete with the original case and 17 rounds of machined brass dummy ammunition.  You can load the magazine and it will feed, chamber, extract, and eject.  This is a select fire weapon and the selector and safety both work.  

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